- Back bends, back walkovers, handstands, cartwheels... the girls way of moving throughout the house

- Dear friends smiling at us from their Christmas cards ~ love this time of year

- These two partners in crime

- Basden’s prayer written on a church notecard

- Spending a cold, wintery Sunday at the new H5 ranch (!!)

- $$ in the bank for my Costco purchases

- Mrs. Patterson’s surprise 39 1/2 birthday, seeing how loved she is by the other teachers and her students (I would never have imagined back in 1991 at a Garth Brooks concert that one day my 11-year-old would get to have her for a teacher)

- Hud running for student council, losing by one vote, and the fact that he voted for the OTHER guy!

- Their fav

- Twinks! Came down dressed for school like this together

- That sweet Ashlyn loves her note from Esther so much she sleeps with it

- Championship rings from the fall double-header season (love these boys)

- Snapshots of Advent in our home that make me happy

- Esther’s little heart, and this note she ran to the kitchen and wrote to herself during a “scary” part of a family movie.(insert pic of note!)

- Laughing HARD at a birthday party with the Bosticks. Just feels good to laugh that hard, and seeing Corbin laugh makes me laugh even more.

- Juanelle’s faith ~ observing her grief all those years ago continues to teach me to trust

- Don't mind so many Christmas work dinner when I get to go with him

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the
wonders he has done, his miracles... 1 Chronicles 16:11-12